{"id":224967,"date":"2018-12-07T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T06:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=224967"},"modified":"2018-12-07T16:37:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T06:37:37","slug":"toowoomba-mayor-may-appeal-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/12\/07\/toowoomba-mayor-may-appeal-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Toowoomba Mayor May Appeal Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35620\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paul-antonio-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35620\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paul-antonio-200.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Antonio\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paul-antonio-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/paul-antonio-200-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 7, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"first\">Toowoomba mayor Paul Antonio may appeal a\u00a0Local Government Regional Conduct Review Panel finding that he\u00a0engaged in misconduct in dealings about the Melbourne-to-Brisbane Inland Railway project.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Antonio told the ABC he believed he had been\u00a0denied procedural fairness in the hearing process and was\u00a0considering his legal options to appeal the findings in the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the ABC reported that Mayor Antonio\u00a0personally paid $4900 to have an alternate route for the Melbourne-to-Brisbane Inland Railway project investigated.<\/p>\n<p>This alternative route took the rail line close to a quarry that he owned.<\/p>\n<p>The panel found Mayor Antonio had:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Failed to disclose a material personal interest, namely his ownership of a quarry, to a council committee;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Failed to act in an honest or impartial manner; and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Was not sufficiently candid when he participated in a television interview with an ABC journalist in September of 2017, when he was questioned, without notice, about his dealings with a constituent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He was fined $14,360.50, ordered to undergo counselling, make an admission of error, and apologise at the next Council meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The panel also recommended the Local Government Department&#8217;s chief executive officer monitor Cr Antonio for compliance with the Local Government Act.<\/p>\n<p>Cr Antonio told the ABC he was very disappointed in the decision, saying he had disclosed his ownership of the quarry on his register of personal interests lodged with the Council.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/10\/03\/qff-unhappy-with-inland-rail-route\/\">QFF Unhappy With Inland Rail Route<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/09\/rail-link-boost-for-wellcamp\/\">Rail Link Boost For Wellcamp<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/05\/antonio-welcomes-8-4b-for-rail\/\">Antonio Welcomes $8.4b For Rail<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/03\/good-news-for-rail-link\/\">Good News For Rail Link<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/03\/mayor-pushes-for-rail-commitment\/\">Mayor Pushes For Rail Commitment<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/07\/mayor-wants-action-on-inland-rail\/\">Mayor Wants Action On Inland Rail<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/04\/mayor-to-play-key-role-in-rail-push\/\">Mayor To Play Key Role In Rail Push<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/02\/mayor-confident-about-inland-rail-route\/\">Mayor \u2018Confident\u2019 About Inland Rail Route<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba mayor Paul Antonio may appeal a\u00a0Local Government Regional Conduct Review Panel finding that he\u00a0engaged in misconduct in his dealings with the Melbourne-to-Brisbane Inland Railway project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":35621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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